1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 You're listening to the Footglitch Podcast. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Love football, learn English. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Arsenal 2, Tottenham 1. Did the best team win? 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,000 How good was Gabriel, the Arsenal centre-back, in this game? 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 What do we make of Antonin Kinsky's performance? 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:44,000 And what do phrases devoid of and bereft of mean? 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Footglitch Podcast. 8 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 My name is Denik Lucas and I'm your host. 9 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:01,000 And I should say that I'm an English teacher and this is a podcast for English learners who are also football enthusiasts. 10 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,000 I hope my guest is also a football enthusiast. 11 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,000 In fact, I know for a fact that he is. 12 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Hello, hi Denik. Hello everyone. 13 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Yeah, I am. I have been a football enthusiast for at least the past 10 years. 14 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Yeah. 15 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 How are you going? How are you doing so far? 16 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:34,000 I'm okay. I have almost fully recovered from the illness that has besieged me in the recent days. 17 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:40,000 But I also want to ask you, Nrup, if you had to get rid of one sport 18 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:47,000 and you had to pick between cricket and football, which sport would you go for? 19 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Because I know you are a big cricket enthusiast as well. 20 00:01:50,000 --> 00:02:01,000 I am. I am. If I had to get rid of one sport, then I would go for, that's a good question, 21 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,000 probably football because in cricket itself there are many formats 22 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,000 and those formats itself are becoming more and more as a separate entity. 23 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 So you can create different games unlike football. 24 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Football has always been a 90 minute game. 25 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Thank you very much for featuring on this episode of the Footgrish Podcast. 26 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Everyone, thanks a lot. Please don't forget to like and subscribe. 27 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:33,000 That's it for today. We don't have a guest unfortunately, so we will have to leave it there. 28 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 All right, of course, I'm just joking. 29 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 And as you can see, I'm in good spirits. 30 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 And that's because the team that we both support, that is Arsenal, 31 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:50,000 has just won the North London Derby, which is obviously always a great achievement, 32 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:56,000 especially if the results in the recent days have been so poor. 33 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I would say that we didn't go into this game in the right frame of mind 34 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:07,000 because we have recently had two shocking performances in cup games. 35 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Am I right? 36 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Yeah, we had back-to-back losses in the cup games, 37 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:22,000 in which one we were knocked out completely and another one we are almost halfway in that. 38 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 So yeah, it has been a shocking performance lately. 39 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:31,000 On top of that, we have had some critical injuries and some long-term stuffs, 40 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 along with having a small squad. 41 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:41,000 It's tough to have a fully fit squad with such an amount of players and also with the availability. 42 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 It's tough to maintain 100% fit players as well. 43 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:51,000 So I'm sure even with the starting lineup, I don't think we have had players that are 100% match fit 44 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,000 or maybe 100% match sharpness. 45 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:02,000 That's true, but we managed to bounce back in the most important game of the season, 46 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,000 the North London Derby, the Tottenham-Hutspur-Arsenal Derby. 47 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 It was happening at the Emirates, right? It was a home game. 48 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,000 It was a home game and I'm really happy with the score. 49 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:20,000 After that win, I was just casually checking the rankings, the standings, 50 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 and guess what? We have the best home record in the Premier League. 51 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Best home record in the Premier League? 52 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Yeah. When was the last time we had such a thing? 53 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Because I remember in the past few years, we have always been a team that was always good at away games. 54 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:41,000 We used to be like away game monsters and we would always concede lots of goals at home and have ugly draws. 55 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 But yeah, I'm really happy with it. 56 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Yeah, no, it's definitely a great way to get back after those two poor performances against Manchester United and Newcastle United. 57 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:58,000 So where do we start with analysing this game? 58 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,000 First of all, can you stop fiddling with whatever you're fiddling with? Thank you very much. 59 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Thank you. Sorry for that. 60 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:11,000 No, that's okay. You can do it one more time. I'll let you do it one more time and then that's it. 61 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Anyway, it's just my screen. 62 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:19,000 No, that's fine. You know, can't get any worse after what you said at the beginning about football. 63 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:27,000 So basically, we have to start by saying that we actually went behind in this game. 64 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:33,000 The son of a... Oh, the Korean striker Son scored the first goal. 65 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Son of a young... Son of a min. 66 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Anyway, but yeah, I mean, honestly, I was not surprised, but it was just that I did not prefer it to be them scoring first than us or them scoring before us could have scored a goal. 67 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 You do not prefer it. You do not prefer it. 68 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Well, nobody wants to go behind because it's a psychological moment, right? 69 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Sure, but like I was expecting him to score as well because it's been a while since he has since he was in the limelight of the Tottenham Tottenham Tottenham games. 70 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Usually it's always Solanthio somewhere scoring and he's... 71 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,000 He always has a knack for scoring against us as well, right? 72 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Exactly. So yeah, I mean, honestly, in one way, if you look at it, it was... 73 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:31,000 We were basically part of God because it was during a free kick and nobody man marked him and it was just it was a deflection goal as well. 74 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Yeah, a wicked deflection. 75 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Yeah, but still goal is a goal. So it was a bit nervy, but I did not have my hopes down because if you look at our moments before that, we have had our moments. 76 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,000 We looked strong. We looked dominating against them. 77 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Basically, they were just prepared for a counter attack. That's what it looked like with the way how they played their football. 78 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 But then... 79 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:07,000 The irony is that luck struck, we could say, because we actually were gifted a corner from the referee because it wasn't a corner at all. 80 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 It wasn't. It wasn't. 81 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Which makes it hilarious, but also very frustrating for the Spurs fans, obviously. 82 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:24,000 But we managed to score from that corner. I think Kinski bumped into Antonin Kinski, the Czech goalkeeper, the new signing Tottenham. 83 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:36,000 He bumped into one of his own players and then the ball fell on Gabriel's head. And that's always danger. He did not score directly. 84 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 It was an own goal. 85 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Yeah, it was an own goal because his header went into Solanke, I think. It was in the end. 86 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:58,000 So Solanke scored an own goal, but it was a good response from us. But not long after that, we scored the winning goal. 87 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Yeah, I'm really happy with that. That goal was really nice. It was high time that I was expecting it. 88 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Even though we scored the winning goal, I still wasn't satisfied with that goal because there's this 2-1 psychology in football games that when you are usually 2-1 up against a team, there's a good chance that they will score back. 89 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,000 But again, I think it's more of a phenomenon or something like that. 90 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:38,000 No, it's true. Because you are within reach. You just need one goal and anything could happen. But it was enough. So Trossard scored our winner. 91 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 It was a long-range drive. 92 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Yeah, half-volley, I guess, as well. 93 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Yeah, something like that. It also bounced. So again, the keeper, Antoni Kinski, was a bit suspect. Actually, he didn't seem to be at his best in this game, despite his first two games playing really well for Tottenham. 94 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:17,000 I heard from their fans that he's a real revelation. But in this game, he seemed to have been a bit... I describe it as either nervously confident or confidently nervous. You can choose whichever one you want. 95 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:35,000 I think he was confidently nervous because if you look at his previous performances, I think he did well on paper. You have to remember, it's not London Derby. As of lately, Tottenham have had their moments. 96 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:55,000 They knew that Arsenal were not at their best. They were having lots of weak points. So I'm sure that, along with being at Emirates, a stadium with one of the most average attendees in the top five leagues, I think it's a bit intimidating. 97 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 So you think the occasion got to him, basically? 98 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Yeah, I think so. He's a young guy from the Czech Republic, which is not part of the top five leagues. But still, he's playing for Tottenham Hotspur, top six Premier League team. 99 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:19,000 I was checking the player ratings after the game because I expected him to be quite low. And actually, he wasn't one of the worst players of Tottenham. 100 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I don't think so. I think it was probably Poro, no? 101 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:34,000 I can't remember, but I think Bissouma or someone like that. Basically, he did alright because he managed to catch a lot of crosses and corners. So I think he was alright. 102 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 He made some good saves. 103 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:56,000 He made some good saves, but there were also some hairy moments when it came to his playing with the ball at his feet. Usually, he's very good at this, but it almost looks like Arsenal did their homework on him because they were pressing him really successfully, I thought. 104 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Yeah, usually, Arsenal always prefers pressing the game, but this time, it felt like they were trying harder. They were much more upfront, and it looked like they knew what they were here for. 105 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Yeah, I mean, although it did not reward them any goals, I still think that it was enough to intimidate the players and perhaps change the playing style or whatever Tottenham were doing. 106 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Yeah, I also heard that basically what Arsenal players were doing is that they were forcing Kinski to play with his weaker foot. 107 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Yeah, so I can't remember whether it's the right or left right now. It doesn't matter, but they were showing him onto his weaker foot, which means really they studied this keeper very well because he's good with his feet. 108 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:58,000 But you can only do so much as a keeper, right? You need your teammates to help you. 109 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:16,000 And I thought in a lot of cases, Arsenal pressers or players who were pressing were like wasps. They were like four or five players on Tottenham's defence, and Tottenham's defence seemed to be outnumbered in a lot of moments. 110 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:26,000 And that's a surprise to me how effective we were and how we managed to stifle Ansh Postekuglu's system in this game. 111 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Yeah, I mean the score doesn't say the reality. Even though it's 2-1, I think we were pretty dominant against them. They had their moment, no doubt, but still generally speaking, we had the upper hand completely. 112 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:52,000 We could have scored much more goals. We could have even avoided the goals that were scored by Son, but yeah, it was our game. I'm really happy with that. 113 00:12:52,000 --> 00:13:09,000 You're right. I think we deserved to win. If you look at the stats, we dominated the stats and it was a well-deserved victory. I don't think Tottenham's coach can say anything positive about his players, about his performance in this massive game for both teams. 114 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Nruba, I've got some questions about a few players specifically, a few Arsenal players. I'm going to start with Raheem Sterling, because to me, this player just seems to be... and I'm not just talking about this game, but overall, his spell at Arsenal, he seems to be devoid of confidence and also bereft of any kind of skill, to be honest, which is a deadly combination. 115 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:55,000 If you don't have confidence, if you don't have skill, what do you have? What do you have left? Just your name and you can't win games or you can't be good just because of your name, in my opinion. You need to constantly prove yourself in football, in any walk of life that you're involved in. 116 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:23,000 I absolutely agree with you. Raheem Sterling, if you look at it, he's one of the big Premier League icons. He's been there for 10 years, I guess, if I'm not wrong. He's been there for such a long time. I remember him from the days when he was 18, 19 in Liverpool and then he went to City, won two or three titles. He was a co-player in that. It was not like he was a French player and he was lucky. He was there in those City matches through and through and he helped them. 117 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:44,000 In the national team as well. Exactly. And he's still young. How old is he? 29? I think 28, 29? 30. He's only 30. Yeah, he's only 30. He's still around the age where at least they reach their physical peak or performance peak. He still has a lot of room left. 118 00:14:44,000 --> 00:15:10,000 But it's just that I think the way he exited City and his life at Chelsea, I think it brought on his confidence because I still rate him well, but not well enough to be part of Arsenal's team. I think the problem is... I'm sorry to interrupt you, Noob, but I think one of the issues is that he has replaced Bukayo Sakka. 119 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:25,000 And that adds to it because it's such a stark contrast. You have such a stark contrast of those two players and the impact they have on the team that these two players are incomparable. 120 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Bukayo Sakka is a world-class player and he is involved in so many goals, whether it's assists or goals. He forces the opposition players to press him. He creates a lot of space for other players. 121 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Whereas Raheem Sterling, when he has the ball, he stops. He stops and then he's trying to invite pressure on himself. But then once he stops, it's almost like there's nothing else going to come out of it. 122 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:12,000 He can't dribble past the players anymore. He doesn't have that confidence or he makes the wrong decision or something. I'm really sorry, but this player is just not good enough. 123 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Yeah, I'm glad that he's here all alone because he does remind me of Alex Evo B during his late days at Arsenal. He used to be a similar player like Raheem Sterling. 124 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:32,000 They both had this explosive man's days. They used to be proper wingers. But then now Raheem Sterling is playing more of an inside midfielder attacking midfielder. 125 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:41,000 He goes more inside. He likes to play in the pocket, but then he's not going to dribble. Nor does he provide enough crosses or assists. 126 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:57,000 But yeah, he's probably one of the... I'm sorry. Go on. No, it's just that he has big shoes to fill and with the current situation that we have had, I don't think we have got any other better replacement because you cannot depend on Martin all the time. 127 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Especially on the right side where I don't think it's a strength. So yeah, I'm considering... You could play Trossard there. Trossard, I think, might be... 128 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:15,000 I don't think... But I don't think Trossard would like... I don't think from what I've seen in Belgium and in Arsenal, even though he's a left-footed player, he still prefers to play on the left side rather than right side. 129 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Okay. Well, you could also play Martin Odegaard there and then sacrifice him, put him on the right and then maybe Trossard from the middle. 130 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:40,000 I don't know. Definitely any other solution is better than Raheem Sterling. It looks like I am biased against this player. I'm picking on him, but it also bothers me that he's probably one of our best, the highest earners at the club. 131 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:47,000 I'm pretty sure about it. He has the best money. He's on the best money because of course he is, right? 132 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Yeah, I don't know about that, but I think... Isn't it covered by Chelsea? Since he's on loan. 133 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:07,000 You think... Yeah, but don't we pay some of his salary? I don't know how it works. Fortunately, I don't have to pay this salary, so I'm good. 134 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Yeah, well, Sterling is definitely a strange player. I hope that he doesn't end up on the villain side of our team. I hope we have good memories with him because he's still here. 135 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:32,000 He might score the Champions League final winner or something and then we will all forgive him, right? You never know. It's football. 136 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Football is a crazy game. Yeah, let's keep our hope. I would like him to score two goals against Newcastle if it's possible because that's the nearest objective right now. 137 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:54,000 True, true. Maybe ideally a hat-trick because we need three goals. So what about the player whose name is Luis Scali? What about him? 138 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:08,000 So Miles Luis Scali, I think he's good. He's this typical Pep Guardiola or Arteta type player who wants to play in that inverted fullback or whatever. 139 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Well, he actually... First of all, he's only 18 years old, so he's an academy product. And from what I heard is that he played in the youth football, he played center midfielder. 140 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:32,000 And now because he cannot play there at Arsenal, he was put on the left. I think something similar happened to Bukayo Saka at some part of his career, I think at Arsenal, something like that. 141 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:41,000 He also didn't always play this position. I think he was also a left back or right back. 142 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Yeah, I mean, Bukayo Saka, he was made to play left back because of injuries, but then he was more of a traditional left back than an inverted fullback or whatever you call it. 143 00:19:53,000 --> 00:20:07,000 But Miles Luis Scali, I think he's a solid player. I still see him as an English version of Zinchenko who just likes to play up in the pockets, who likes to play as a midfielder more than a fullback. 144 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:19,000 I'm still not impressed with his defensive abilities. But again, he's still young, he's got a lot to do. Hopefully, he plays in the midfield in the future. That's what I think, or that's what I hope. 145 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:30,000 But I think he's doing well. Personal preference would be Tierney in for me, but I don't know what's up with Tierney, like if he's still fit or if he's not in the plans. 146 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 There's a reason he's not seeing. 147 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:47,000 No, I know. But there are many reasons because I remember last interview, a press conference auditor said that he just recovered from a long term injury, so he doesn't have the match sharpness and he's afraid that he might get injured again. 148 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:55,000 But a fully fit Tierney and a fully fit Miles Luis Scali, I would prefer Tierney. I just love him as a player. 149 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Okay, well that's fair. That's fair, but I think since he's such a... But he had a future right from Miles Luis Scali. I just hope that he doesn't leave another player. I forgot his name, but he left for Chelsea or something. I think it's probably Hutchinson. 150 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:16,000 Or some player who left for Chelsea for a bigger money. 151 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Who would do that? 152 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Well, we have got Ashley Cole. 153 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Yeah, but that's Cashly. His name was Cashly. That was his nickname. Cashly Cole. 154 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Right, and finally, the player that was picked as the man of the match by commentators, Gabriel. 155 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Not Batistuta, not Gabriel Martinelli. 156 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:55,000 But not Gabriel Jesus, who is unfortunately torn his ACL, I think. But Gabriel Magalhaes. Our center defender. 157 00:21:55,000 --> 00:22:09,000 I think he's been our best player in the past two, three, four games, I guess. He's been solid. He just looks sharp. He looks much better than William Saliba as of now, because if you look at our previous goals, it's always coming from William Saliba's side. 158 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:21,000 And Gabriel, he's doing his job perfectly. If I'm not wrong, his passing, his work rate, it has all been great. 159 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Whenever he concedes or makes a mistake, he makes sure that he shows his fans that, no, I'll recover from that. I'll give to you guys much better things. He's a proper team player. 160 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:36,000 And his celebrations are incredibly fun to watch as well. 161 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:45,000 His celebrations, his voice, especially, because I remember whenever there is an awkward or weird silence, I will always hear this high pitched scream from Gabriel. 162 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I will always laugh at him like, come on, this guy, he's hilarious. He's so funny. But at the same time, he's a warrior. 163 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,000 He's a warrior, but with not so masculine voice, basically. 164 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:06,000 He's got lots of things in his abilities. And I was really glad because we needed that goal. 165 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,000 And we needed that from him, especially because it's been a while since we have scored from a corner. 166 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:18,000 It's been a while since we have scored from an attacker as well. So it's usually the defenders that cover up the game. 167 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:27,000 OK, well, let's have a moment of silence for Tottenham now. One win out of nine Premier League games. 168 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:38,000 It reminds me of Manchester City a little bit and their crisis, who, by the way, have lost a game in which they were 2-0 up. 169 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Was it against Brentford? I think so. Yeah. Yeah, that was hilarious as well. 170 00:23:46,000 --> 00:24:01,000 But Tottenham, yeah, the only thing that, like the only reason I don't wish Tottenham to, I mean, get relegated this season and to completely lose it, 171 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:08,000 to completely be out of it is Antonin Kinski, the Czech goalkeeper. Now I have at least some sympathy for Tottenham, right? 172 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:18,000 It's a Czech player and I have to support him. But, you know, I'm terribly, terribly sorry, but I am happy that Arsenal won this game. 173 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:24,000 I'm sorry, Antonin Kinski. Yeah, Tottenham won one win in nine games. 174 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:32,000 That's some form, I would say, considering how they were last season and considering how the score looks like. 175 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:39,000 And we also have to say that us, Arsenal, we managed to close the gap a little bit. 176 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:46,000 We are closing the gap because Liverpool, they did not win their game against Tottenham. 177 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:53,000 They drew 1-1, so points dropped, which is great. And we managed to take advantage of that. 178 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,000 We capitalised on that with this win. So I think we are now four points behind. 179 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Obviously, Liverpool have one game in hand, but still, I think it's a great achievement for us. And long may it last. 180 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Yeah, long may it last. I'm not surprised because many people say that, you know, Liverpool, they won't lose any game or something. 181 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:22,000 But it's not about losing, it's about dropping points, you know. If you lose two games or if you draw three games, you still drop six points. 182 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:30,000 You lose momentum and it's about that confidence and it can be quite fragile. It can be difficult what's happening to City. 183 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:36,000 Tottenham, 13th position now, 13th place. They are even behind West Ham. 184 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 They're struggling with West Ham. Now West Ham is ahead of Tottenham. 185 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Look at Manchester United, you know, I think this season is so crazy. Anything could happen. 186 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,000 We could even see Nottingham Forest winning the title this season. You never know. 187 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Don't say that. I haven't traumatised because I recently saw a social media post where they were comparing Leicester City, 188 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:04,000 where they were in the title winning season and where Nottingham Forest won it. And they were pretty close. 189 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:09,000 And those are pretty close numbers. And yeah, I just hope that they don't do that. 190 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:19,000 I hope Nottingham Forest just helps us when the league becomes our... does what Arsenal did for Leicester basically. 191 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,000 Yeah, well, too much would have to go in their favour. 192 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Stars would have to really align for Nottingham Forest to win. But wouldn't that be amazing? I mean, it would be such a story. 193 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:38,000 As much as I want Arsenal to win, I think this would be my second preferred option if Nottingham Forest wins. 194 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Same here, same here. We definitely need a new face. 195 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000 Pardon? We need a new face? 196 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Yeah, we need a new face for this season. 197 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:57,000 OK, I thought you mean we need a new face on the Footgris podcast. But no, no, no, we will stick with the usual faces. 198 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:06,000 One of them is Nrup, of course. Thank you very much, Nrup, for your appearance today and for your performance as well. 199 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:14,000 And for managing to stay on the pitch, not receiving a red card or anything like that, for not getting injured. 200 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,000 Well, I did receive a yellow for my plus statement. 201 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:24,000 You got a yellow, but that's just a warning. Just don't pick up too many yellows. Otherwise you get suspended. 202 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:29,000 But I think one yellow is, you know, it's fine. One for the team. 203 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 A hollow doesn't make a spring, right? 204 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:37,000 Yeah. Thank you. Thank you very much for bringing me into this show. 205 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:42,000 It's been a while. And thank you, listeners, for listening to our talk. 206 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:56,000 I think. Yeah, you're very welcome. And don't forget that the Footgris podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts, the usual apps and on Spotify, Apple podcasts, you name it. 207 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:05,000 But also most of these podcasts are on the TeachersDenek YouTube channel where you can see our lovely faces. 208 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:10,000 So if you are there, give us a like as well. It goes a long way. 209 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:17,000 All the way from India. This was Nrup, ladies and gentlemen, and Zdenek currently in Thailand. 210 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:28,000 So take care and have a good night, everyone. Bye bye. Bye bye. 211 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Welcome back to the Language Corner. The episode itself, the interview with Nrup was pretty long. 212 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,000 So I think we can keep this one short and sweet just to remind you. 213 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,000 In this part of the show, I'm going to be an English teacher. 214 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,000 It's it almost sounds like I'm pretending to be an English teacher. I'm an imposter. 215 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:55,000 No, I'm not. It's actually my profession. I am a qualified English teacher, in fact, so I should know what I'm doing. 216 00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Anyway, this time I will be explaining two items of vocabulary, two phrases. 217 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:15,000 I said in the episode that spurs or Tottenham, I can't exactly remember, I said that they were devoid of ideas and bereft of skill. 218 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:23,000 And both devoid and bereft are used to indicate a lack or absence of something. 219 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:30,000 But they have a slightly different nuance. And notice how they are also both used with the preposition of. 220 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:38,000 Basically, if you're bereft of something, it implies that there is a sense of loss or deprivation. 221 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:44,000 It often carries some kind of emotional or dramatic tone. Right. 222 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:52,000 So often we use it with the word hope, for example, you could say they were bereft of hope in this game. 223 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:58,000 They were bereft of ideas. I said bereft of skill. I guess you can use it as well like that. 224 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:04,000 And I hear often commentators use these two phrases almost interchangeably in the same way. 225 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:13,000 You can be devoid of options, devoid of ideas. It's like a lack lack of options, lack of ideas. 226 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,000 And devoid, you know, the word void, it means emptiness. Right. 227 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:27,000 So to be devoid of something means that there is a complete absence of something, absolute emptiness. 228 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:33,000 But this one is slightly more neutral and less emotional than bereft of. 229 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,000 At the end of the day, they more or less mean the same. 230 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Well, I hope you didn't think that in this episode of the Footgrish podcast, Nrup and I were devoid of ideas and bereft of insight, let's say. 231 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000 I hope you enjoyed this episode. 232 00:30:52,000 --> 00:31:01,000 And if you did, why don't you leave a comment on the YouTube channel, on the Teachers' Denic YouTube channel, where this episode also will be published. 233 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:06,000 There is an audio version, which you can get wherever you get your podcasts. 234 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,000 And then there is a video version on the YouTube channel. 235 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,000 OK, that's it from me. Thank you very much for listening. 236 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:26,000 And I will speak to you soon. Take care, everyone. Bye bye.